Frederick the Great
Frederick II ruled the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king at 46 years. His most significant accomplishments included his reorganization of Prussian armies, his military successes in the Silesian wars and the Partitions of Poland. Frederick was an influential military theorist whose analysis emerged from his extensive personal battlefield experience. He modernized the Prussian bureaucracy and civil service and pursued religious policies throughout his realm.
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Frederick II ruled the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king at 46 years. His most significant accomplishments included his reorganization of Prussian armies, his military successes in the Silesian wars and the Partitions of Poland. Frederick was an influential military theorist whose analysis emerged from his extensive personal battlefield experience and covered issues of strategy, tactics, mobility and logistics. He modernized the Prussian bureaucracy and civil service and pursued religious policies throughout his realm that ranged from tolerance to segregation. He encouraged immigrants of various nationalities and faiths to come to Prussia, although he enacted oppressive measures against Polish Catholic subjects in West Prussia. Most modern biographers agree that Frederick was primarily homosexual. Because he died childless, Frederick was succeeded by his nephew Frederick William II. Frederick remained an admired historical figure through Germany’s defeat in World War I. The Nazis glorified him as a great German leader pre-figuring Adolf Hitler, who personally idolized him. However, historians in the 21st century now again view Frederick as one of the most enlightened monarchs of his age and a highly successful and capable leader. He built the foundation for the Kingdomof Prussia to become a great power that would contest the Austrian Habsburgs for leadership among the German states. He was the son of Frederick William I and his wife, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, was born in Berlin on 24 January 1712, baptised with the single name Friedrich.
He had been educated by a Frenchwoman, Madame de Montbail, who later became Madame de Rocoulle, and he wished that she educate his children. Frederick grew up with a preference for music, literature and French culture, clashed with his father’s militarism, resulting in his desire to be entirely religious and learned entirely from French tutors. Frederick’s mother was polite, polite and learned, in contrast to her father, George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who was charismatic and learned and learned. He became known as Frederick the Great and was nicknamed \”Der Alte Fritz\”, \”Stary Fryc\”. In his youth, he was more interested in music and philosophy than the art of war, but upon ascending to the Prussia throne he attacked and annexed the rich Austrian province of Silesia, winning military acclaim for himself andPrussia. He died in 1786 and was succeeded as King by his son Frederick William. He is buried at his favorite residence, Sanssouci in Potsdam, Germany, where he had lived for more than 30 years before his death in 1787. He leaves behind a large treasury, his famous government treasury, and his famous famous famous Giants’ Giants, his government treasury and government buildings. He also leaves a large fortune in his will, which he inherited from his father, William I, dubbed the Soldier, dubbed “Potsdam Giants” He was prey to a violent temper and ruled Brandenburg-Prussia with absolute authority.
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